[7] The new owners changed the call sign to WBZY and constructed new studio facilities on East Main Street to house the station.

However, the FCC designated the deal for hearing because a minority stockholder in WBZY had a controlling stake in station WHAY at New Britain, Connecticut.

[10] Several local civic leaders also objected to the deal, which they felt would leave parts of northwest Connecticut without radio service;[11] the FCC Broadcast Bureau contended the real goal was to move into the Hartford area.

[12][14] Citing poor local economic conditions, Pioneer States Broadcasters shut down WBZY on January 24, 1964.

[16] The license was not, however, immediately surrendered, and in September 1964, another group filed an application for a new station in Southington to be considered at hearing opposite WBZY's renewal.